Best PlacesOviedo, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Oviedo, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Oviedo ranks 255th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and transit ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Oviedo
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Oviedo's strengths and weaknesses
Where Oviedo ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- School gradeA, better than 93% of cities
- QuietBetter than 89% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 89% of cities
Where Oviedo ranks low
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 13% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 19% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 24% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Oviedo
A household needs to earn about $125,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Oviedo home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $114,474; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Oviedo's effective rate of 0.70%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Oviedo
Oviedo runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Oviedo.
Who works in Oviedo, and how
Work in Oviedo centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Oviedo
Oviedo has more restaurants and bars per resident than 71% of cities and more parkland per resident than 83% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Oviedo and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Oviedo, month by month
Oviedo sees roughly 131 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 74, with lows near 48. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 74° | 60° | 48° |
| April | 86° | 72° | 61° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 75° |
| October | 86° | 76° | 68° |
Flying in and out of Oviedo
The nearest airport, Orlando Sanford International, is about 9 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Orlando International, about 16 miles away.
The best schools in and around Oviedo
Schools across Oviedo average an A, better than 93% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Partin Elementary SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
- Walker Elementary SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
- Rainbow Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jackson Heights Middle SchoolA+ · 69% proficient
- Chiles Middle SchoolA+ · 69% proficient
- Sanford Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Hagerty High SchoolA · 74% proficient
- Oviedo High SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Lake Howell High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Oviedo school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Oviedo measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Oviedo against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Oviedo suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 82% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 25% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 75% of cities, health care access beats 55%, and it is quieter than 89%.
Common questions about living in Oviedo
Is Oviedo a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Oviedo ranks 255th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and good schools, and lowest on transit and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Oviedo expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $485,236. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $114,474 median income, cost of living beats 82% of cities.
Is Oviedo safe?
Yes, Oviedo is safer than 89% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $131 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Oviedo?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 74 with lows near 48. That works out to about 131 pleasant days a year, more than 75% of cities.
Is Oviedo good for families?
Schools beat 93% of cities, crime safety beats 89%, and childcare runs $1,027 a month.
Compare Oviedo with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Oviedo. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Oviedo represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Oviedo detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Oviedo: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Oviedo: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Oviedo: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Oviedo: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Oviedo detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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